[ScottMc]

I normally play the quiet guy roll when i make a live game appearance. One of the best things I have in my gun belt is a extremely good memory. I like to show up earlier that most the players and listen to them talk as they arrive.

The 45 minutes before a game starts is normally better than 2 hours at a table. It is the time when they are telling each other about their wins and losses since the last time they saw each other. You get to hear why "Tommy" raised in the cutoff with KJ against a 5 Xbb. You get to hear why "Jim" thinks he got bad beat when he slow played his AA with a Min bet preflop only to get out flopped by an under pair making a set and then calling the all in after he checked it. You get to hear who cant lay down a flush draw because he has the 56 of hearts and only needs one card.